Warner Valley Campground

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P.O. Box 392
Chester, CA 96020

Overview

Warner Valley campground is a limited development facility in the south eastern area of the park. It has vault toilets and potable water spigots. Numerous trails can be accessed from the campground.

Recreation

Hiking trails accessible from the campground

Facilities

Vault toilets - seasonal

Natural Features

Lassen Volcanic national park is known for its volcanic history, as well as its diversity of plants and animals. It contains 300 active volcanic domes, as well as many hydrothermal features, such as mud pots and steam vents. Lassen Peak is the southernmost active volcano in the Cascades, and the second most recent to erupt in the lower 48 of the United States before Mount Saint Helens. Lassen National Park boasts over 700 species of flowering plants and 250 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and fish. The park is at the junction of the Cascade Mountains, the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Great Basin, thus providing many unique habitats.

Nearby Attractions

Drakesbad Guest Ranch - half a mile away, at the end of Warner Valley road. Dining room serves meals - please contact the ranch for reservations. There is wifi to book your site.

Charges & Cancellations

A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee

Camp site features

Across 17 camp sites:

Fire pit: all 17 sites
Pets allowed: all 17 sites
ADA accessible: 1 of 17 sites
Largest party: 6 people

Services within 25 miles · OpenStreetMap

Nearest dump station: 10.8 mi

Directions

The campground is located one mile north of Warner Valley Ranger Station via gravel road and 17 miles north of Chester. From CA-36 in Chester, turn onto Feather River Road (on the east side of the bridge). Continue a half mile and veer left onto CR-312. Continue 4 miles and veer right to stay on CR-312. Follow signs to Drakesbad. Continue 12.5 miles to Warner Valley Campground and Day Use Area. RVs and trailers not recommended due to steep, rutted gravel access road.

Stay Limit

Check in from 2 PM, check out by 12 PM.

Reviews

34 reviews

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Jason B

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Reviewed a month ago

Camped at #12 as a PCT Thru-Hiker but not sure this campground is worth $21 per night. Sites are very close together, most tent pads seemed on uneven ground, none seemed to have shade and the grounds in general are not well maintained. The pit toilet was clean and stocked

Elizabeth W

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Reviewed a month ago

Could not find the campsite crazy roadway with abandoned house

Benjamin K

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Reviewed 2 months ago

Campground is small and lacking much if any flat ground. With the surrounding burned out trees, the area is very exposed to wind. For a PCT hiker, it might seem a nice place to spend an evening on their trek. For people coming up to Lassen to spend the weekend, it’s a sad place. We didn’t want to spend any more time there than we had to. Pit toilets were clean, but still just pit toilets. The sites were all crammed together and parking areas were not clearly marked. The parking area for our site was so close to one of the other sites’ picnic tables that we could bang (and did) our car door on it when opening the car. I would honestly never go back to camp there. We were hoping to use the hot springs pool in nearby Drakesbad Guest Ranch. However, it washed away during the fires and they have no plans to rebuild it. The whole vibe in Drakesbad was not welcoming. We got super unfriendly vibes from the staff there when we inquired about local activities. Skip this place unless you are a thru-hiker looking for a picnic table, bear box and not having to dig a hole to use the bathroom for one night.

ANNA K

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Reviewed 2 months ago

The forest has not recovered from the recent fires. The famous, historic Drakes Baths were destroyed and there are no plans to restore in the near future. Very sad

Laura L

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Reviewed 3 months ago

Very much out of the way, about 1.5 hours away from Lassen Peak, but it was nice and quiet (and dusty)! Good bathrooms! Really cool to see PCT backpackers every night!

Savanna R

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Reviewed 3 months ago

This was our groups first camping trip in Lassen. The campground and hiking was wonderful! We had a blast on our group camping/hiking trip! It was amazing that there was drinking water near the sites and showers near by, which we did not expect! I gave 3 stars instead of 5 because I’m not actually sure if you need to pay for a campsite itself? We reserved 2 sites months in advance and upon arrival both of our campsites were taken and did not have a “reserved” label on them like others, this left 8 of us trying to find other spots that were not being utilized or reserved by other campers. The “first come first serve” ones were taken as well. There was also nowhere to check in which is fine but confusing as there was a “check in time” on our confirmation reservation. Showers are located down past the lodge, they were very clean and warm! We all bought multiple showers in advance at the lodge expecting a key or code to access them however that was not the case. Nonrefundable $7 per shower is a lot especially when they are unlocked and open to everyone is a little odd. We were obviously happy to pay as we understood that the national park recently burned but we just felt a little scammed out of our first experience here with costs. Overall… The hiking and views were wonderful and the campers were all very nice, the staff we met in the lodge were nice as well. There just appears to be some kinks that need to be worked out. Overall we had a great time minus a couple questionable speed bumps! :)

Availability

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